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International Arbitration

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Provided by Peter Ashford

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Practice Areas

Arbitration law and procedure, including so-called soft law

Civil fraud

Complex financial claims

Contract law

Costs and other consequential relief

Early strategic assessment and tactical review

English conflicts of laws

Familiar with many overseas legal systems

Personal

Peter co-heads Fox Williams' international arbitration team and handle a broad range of international commercial disputes including sale and purchase contracts, distribution and logistics, pharma, natural resources and commodities.

Peter has particular expertise in international commercial arbitration and also acts in litigation, mediation, expert determination and negotiations. He has a particular interest in complex claims for loss and accounting issues. Peter gives robust early advice.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is appointed as arbitrator by some of the major institutions including the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”); London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”); London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (”LCAM”) and the President of the Law Society. Peter brings a keen analytical approach; robust case management skills; prompt decision making and accurate budgets.

Peter is a widely published author, commentator and lecturer, including the Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration published by Juris Publishing of New York in 2014; the Guide to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration and the Guide to the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration, both published by Cambridge University Press in early 2013 and mid-2016 respectively. He is writing A Guide to the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration, with publication anticipated in 2023.

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